JPMorgan Chase & Co. Cuts ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) Price Target to $145.00

ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) had its price target decreased by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $180.00 to $145.00 in a report published on Thursday morning,Benzinga reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. currently has an overweight rating on the stock.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on the company. Evercore cut their target price on ARM from $215.00 to $170.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of ARM in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Susquehanna raised ARM from a “neutral” rating to a “positive” rating and set a $150.00 target price on the stock in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Citigroup cut shares of ARM from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 13th. Finally, Raymond James Financial began coverage on shares of ARM in a research report on Friday, November 21st. They set a “hold” rating for the company. Sixteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $160.81.

ARM Stock Up 11.6%

ARM stock opened at $123.70 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $130.69 billion, a P/E ratio of 164.93, a PEG ratio of 7.41 and a beta of 4.35. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $117.14 and a 200 day simple moving average of $137.94. ARM has a fifty-two week low of $80.00 and a fifty-two week high of $183.16.

ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 4th. The company reported $0.43 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.41 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $1.24 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.23 billion. ARM had a net margin of 17.15% and a return on equity of 14.01%. ARM’s revenue was up 26.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.39 EPS. ARM has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 0.540-0.620 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that ARM will post 0.9 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On ARM

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in ARM. Amundi raised its position in ARM by 24.8% during the first quarter. Amundi now owns 11,804 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,153,000 after acquiring an additional 2,345 shares in the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC grew its position in ARM by 28.8% in the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 4,887 shares of the company’s stock worth $522,000 after acquiring an additional 1,094 shares in the last quarter. Truist Financial Corp increased its stake in shares of ARM by 172.4% during the 2nd quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 5,415 shares of the company’s stock worth $876,000 after purchasing an additional 3,427 shares during the last quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in shares of ARM during the 2nd quarter valued at $75,000. Finally, SteelPeak Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of ARM during the 2nd quarter valued at $218,000. Institutional investors own 7.53% of the company’s stock.

ARM News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting ARM this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q3 results beat top- and bottom-line estimates; revenue jumped ~26%, supporting the narrative of durable growth and stronger AI-related demand. Guidance for Q4 EPS was given (0.540–0.620), helping investor confidence. Is ARM Stock a Buy, Hold, or Sell After Stellar Q3 Earnings?
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts publicly praised the results and highlighted ARM’s AI potential, which supported intraday buying interest. Arm rallies after analysts praise results, citing AI potential
• Positive Sentiment: CEO Rene Haas emphasized rapid growth in ARM’s data-center business (“exploding”), reinforcing the long-term AI/data-center growth thesis. Arm CEO Says Data Center Business Is ‘Exploding’
• Positive Sentiment: Unusually large call-option activity — ~90,892 calls traded (≈+38% vs. average) — indicates speculative bullish positioning that can amplify upward moves in the underlying stock.
• Neutral Sentiment: Multiple brokerages trimmed price targets (JPMorgan, TD Cowen, Wells Fargo, Mizuho, Rosenblatt) but largely retained buy/overweight ratings; the cuts reflect stretched valuation vs. near-term licensing/macro risk while keeping upside cases intact.
• Neutral Sentiment: One shop upgraded ARM to buy (New Street), adding to mixed analyst activity that can support momentum but also shows divergent views on near-term risks.
• Neutral Sentiment: Reported short-interest data in the feed appears anomalous/unclear (shows zero), so it doesn’t provide a reliable contrarian signal today.
• Negative Sentiment: After-hours weakness followed the release as licensing revenue narrowly missed estimates; that headline pressure weighed on sentiment and triggered an early sell-off. Shares of Arm plunge 8% after licensing revenue misses estimates, Qualcomm outlook adds pressure
• Negative Sentiment: Industry reports warn a memory shortage is constraining smartphone production, which could depress handset-related royalties and weigh on ARM’s near-term licensing growth. Qualcomm, Arm bear brunt of memory shortage as smartphone chip sales disappoint

ARM Company Profile

Arm Limited (NASDAQ: ARM) is a global semiconductor IP company best known for designing energy-efficient processor architectures and related technologies that underpin a wide range of computing devices. Founded in 1990 as a joint venture between Acorn Computers, Apple and VLSI Technology and headquartered in Cambridge, England, Arm develops the ARM instruction set architectures and core processor designs that chipmakers license and integrate into custom system-on-chip (SoC) products. The company operates a licensing and royalty business model rather than manufacturing chips itself.

Arm’s product portfolio includes CPU core families (such as Cortex and Neoverse lines), GPU and multimedia IP (Mali), neural processing units (Ethos) and a suite of system and physical IP blocks.